Snell rack



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Filed June 20, 1936 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Jan. 21, 1941. G P HElNER. 2,229,292

NELL RACK 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed June 20, 1936 Patented Jan. 21, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SNELL RACK Glen P. Heiner, Salt Lake City, Utah Application June 20, 1936, Serial No. 86,217

3 Claims. (Cl. 43-32) My invention relates to snell racks for shermen for iiy books and has for its object to provide a new and eflicient snell rack which will hold the snell of the hook in place but which will provide for ease of removing the snell therefrom as desired.

A further object is to pro-vide a snell rackr which may be inserted through the leaf of the fly book with the snell holding portions on the face of the leaf and the body of the rack on the back side of the leaf.

A still further object is to provide a snell rack which Will hold each hook snell in position when inserted therethrough by sliding under the turned up spring end thereof but which will allow for freely removing the snell from the rack by sliding it or pulling it longitudinally up through the loop of the rack.

These objects I accomplish with the rack shown in the accompanying drawings in which similar numerals and letters yof reference indicate like parts throughout the several views and as described in the specification forming a part of this application and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan View of the snell rack. y

Figure 2 is `an end view of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an edge view of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is an enlarged section on line 4-8 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is an enlarged section of a modied form of bending the snell loop.

Figure 6 is a face view of a fly book leaf section showing the use of the snell rack with the loops inserted through the leaf sections holding the snell of the hook.

Figure 7 is an end view of Figure 6.

Figure 8 is a rear view of the leaf section showing the snell rack from the back Side with the body of the rack on the back side of the leaf.

In the drawings I have shown my rack as A. This rack is made of a flat strip of metal 5 with an end and both sides of sections punched ltherefrom at 6 and with these finger portions 'l which have been punched from the strip 5 formed into loop 8 and turned. up spring end 9.

The fly book leaf is shown as B and the rack is secured thereto by forming small holes through the leaf and inserting the fingers 1 therethrough from the back side and forcing the strip of metal 5 up iiush with the back side of the leaf sections. This then leaves the loops 8 and spring end 9 extending through the face of the ily leaf and with the end 9 resting on the inner surface of the leaf.

To insert the snell into the rack, the hook F is rst secured into the hook rack shown in the drawings as C, the particular type being shown is my o-wn invention which is covered in my oopending application Serial No. 86,214, led June 20, 1936 for patent. When the hook has been secured the snell Fl is then engaged under the spring end 9 and drawn taut With the hook and moved from side I0 of the spring 9 into the loop opening ll under the loop 8. The snell is then in place.

To remove the snell, the hook F is removed from the hook rack and drawn longitudinally which draws the loop F3 of the hook F out through the loop 8 of the snell rack without engaging the spring end 9, thus allowing the snell to be removed Without undue exertion or trouble, and providing a free holding snell rack.

In Figure 5 I have shown a modified form of snell rack in Which the plate is shown as 5a` and the opening pressed therein as 6a. with the rack loop shown as 8a and having the turned up end 9a.

The only difference in this type of rack is that the portion removed and pressed up from the opening Ba is not turned back over the body of the plate 5a but is left in alignment with the hole 6a. directly thereabove.

Having thus described my invention I desire to secure by Letters Patent and claims:

1. In a snell rack and iiy leaf combination the combination of a flexible fabric leaf for a fly book; and snell racks therefor comprising strips of metal having fingers struck therefrom to be inserted through the leaf from the back side and having kthat portion of the nger extended through the leaf bent to form a snell retaining loop.

2. In a snell rack of the class described the combination of a fiat strip of metal having fingers punched therefrom formed into a loop and extended back over the body of the strip of metal with the end of the loop curved up to allow the snell to be passed thereunder when inserting it for carrying; and a leaf from a fly book having the lingers of the strip of metal inserted therethrough from the back side leaving the main part of the strip on the back side of the leaf and the loops extended through the face of the leaf with the curved end engaging the leaf.

3. A metal snell rack comprising a narrow elongated strip of metal having staggered struck out portions arranged in a plurality of parallel columns, each of said struck out portions being folded away from the portion from which it was struck, in the. form of an ogee curve, the folded portions of each column being in substantial aligned relation and directly opposite the openings inv an adjacent column.

GLEN P. I-IEINER. 

